Agony

I know him on a first name basis
And so do you
He sells the idea of you being ok
When you aren't
Yes, you can fool everybody else
Even yourself

But when you stare into his icy dispassionate eyes
You know you can never hide from him
For he acquainted himself with the open secret that has your aching body bleeding thorns in the middle of the night

When no sound can whisper reassurance of being alive
When you are just dying to live
But all you hear is the echo inside yourself
Summoning terrors name

Your pillow knows the ocean of tears he has unleashed
For if it were not mute
It would tell all the secrets that your mind pours out in the middle of the night
When there is no light

So when the rays of the sun caress your face in the early morning
Put on that crescent jewel
Let it sparkle and shield your heart from pitiful remorse

Even though beneath it all
You know gloom knows you better than you know yourself
I too know this

For I have walked in griefs shoes
I have dwelled in the temple of woes
I have been a slave to solicitude
But joy took my hand and gave me liberation